Testimony of Healing July 27, 1968 Issue

My introduction to Christian Science came when I married a...

Loretta M. Simon son

My introduction to Christian Science came when I married a young man who had been raised according to its teachings. For several years we lived in a town where there was no church, and my interest was spasmodic. Later we moved to a larger city, where I began to attend a branch Church of Christ, Scientist, regularly.

When we were expecting our first child, we contacted a Christian Science practitioner, who agreed to help us through prayer at the time of the birth. We had consulted a physician who was in sympathy with the teachings of Christian Science. However, just before the baby was due to arrive, he told us that it was not in the normal position. He called in an experienced obstetrician, whom we had not met, to take his place. A long, difficult delivery was forecast.

After we arrived at the hospital, my husband kept in close contact with the practitioner by telephone, informing her of each development. When the doctor saw the control and calmness we were expressing, his attitude became one of greater interest, helpfulness, and understanding. He allowed my husband to be with me most of the time, which was not the usual procedure. Although the position of the baby did not change, the birth occurred in a relatively short time in a harmonious way. The obstetrician volunteered the information that in all his years of practice he had never seen a birth of this type occur without the need for or use of an anesthetic.

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